Scooter startup Bird is reportedly about to hit a $2B valuation

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not a ton to add here compared to the last round (which happened just weeks ago), as the same dynamics are probably in play here
of a few miles in congested areas
Startups that are exceedingly hot can sometimes pull off these rolling rounds where investors are coming in at various points, especially as
rolls out
quickly.This too, as Axios notes, could be an easy play to get into a hot market that a major ridesharing company could want to buy its way
into
Uber acquired Jump, an on-demand bike service, in the midst of its own financing round
network.Bird just weeks ago raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation, while Lime raised an additional $250 million
Bird was valued at $300 million in a financing round earlier this year.